Electric heater



s. M. AND J. H. CARM EAN. ELECTR|C HEATER.-

APPLICATION FILED HES-255 1921.

1,399,683, Pzitented Dec. 6,1921.

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do declare the SAMUEL M. GARMEAN AND JJ'AMESIH.

CARMEAN, OF KAN CITY, MI$SOURL siinornro HEATER.

fapecification of Letters Patent.

. utenied Dec. 6, 1921 Application filed February 25, 1921. We no. iimor.

fl '0 a am it in my concern .Be" it known. that we, SAMUEL M. (Aniusiiu and Juries H. (hummus, citizens of the United States, residing at .hlunsus l'ity, in the couniyof Jackson and State of His souri. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Elcclric Headers; and '0 following to be :1 full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled. in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use lhe some, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and. to the lei-tors and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a port of this specification. I

This. invention relates to electric healers for raising the temperature of air.

, "spaced posts One of the objects of the invention is to provide a simple, durable and effective heater which will. be inexpensive to manufacture and in which a current of air is directed in substantially radial stream lines about the axis of the impeller over heating elements so that the temperature of the air may he raised preparatory to passing from the heater casing. I

The novel arrangement of parts and cornhinutions of parts will be specifically referred to hereinafter, itheing understood that changes in form, proportion and minor details of construction may he resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit of the in shtion or sacrificing any of its advantages.

, In the drawings,

1 Figure l is a vertical, longitudinal, sectionul View through u heater constructediu accordance with our invention, and

Fig. 2 is ii transverse, sectional View on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

.The invention is illustrated. as comprising a stand or base 1-, which may he of any preferred constructionv but which is preferably hollow and provided with air inlet openings 2. The stand or hose 1 supports dire-casing shown as consisting of the disks 3 and i spaced apart and connected by or fi'als blades 5. The dish 3 is provided with a central opening 6 common- ,mcating with the interior of the hollow cusin .1 so that air may be drawn by the impe ler through the openings 2 and 6 into the im eller casing.

he disk 4 supports a motor 7.,hnving :1 depending shaft 8 extending into ,the space 9 of the motor casingnnd Carrying a plurulity of radial blades ll). preferably cunncrtcd at their upper edges by a bufile disk 11.

The posts or blades 5 are provided with holes or [)GI'fOIl-lllfillS 12, through which coils 13 of u heating element may pass; The hearting element: may consist oi resistance material and itavill preferably be threaded through the openings 12 in the form of a. continuous spiral. 'The outer edge or perimeter or the casing is open but guarded by u screen i l, the open perimeter allowing free egress of the air which is passed through the casing by the impeller hladeslO.

The motor and heating coil may be com nectcd in parallel series to an electric conductor 15, the circuit being; adopted to he inade'nnd broken by uswitch 18 of approved construction.

When'the parts are assembled as shown in Fig. 1 and the current is turned on, air will. be drawn lzl'irough' the openings 2, up through the opening- 6 and directed out- Wnrdly by the impeller blades between the redial blades 5, past the heating coil, where its'temperuture will be raised, and passed in radial stream lines from the perimeter of she casing. ii the heater is set in the center or the room, the heated air will be directed in uniform stream lines from l'he axis of the heater so that a relatively large zone Within the room will be heated direct, the temperature or the remaining: air in the room being ruised by the induced heated air directed from the heater.

A device such contemplated by the pres ent invention is ineiipensive to manufacture, has a symmetrical appearance and is adeptecl to rnisetheTemperature of the air in the room in an eiiecti ve manner.

What we claim and desire to secure by Letl'ersl utenl is:

1. An electric heater comprising a subsluntiully circular horizontal casing, a hose supporting said casing and communicating with the bottom thereof, vertical posts spaced about the perimeter of the casing, heating elements carried by an air impeller concentric within the casing.

2. An electric heater comprising a suhstuntially circular horizontal casing, a base supporting said casing and communicatingwith the bottom thereof, Vertical posts spaced about the perimeter the posts, and

any appropriate of the casing,

heating elements carried by the posts, and

an air impeiler comprising fan blades concentric \viththe casing.

3. A heaterv comprising a hollow perforate base, a horizontal cylindricalcasing i carried by the base and communicating therewith, radial fiat blades Within the easing and at the perimeter thereof, a heating element within the casing, and an air impeller within the casing.

4. A heater comprising a hollow baseha-ving air inlet openings, a horizontal casing supported by and communicating with said base; radial, stationary blades within the casing, a heating coil carried by said blades,

a motor carried by the casing and. having a shaft extending therethrough, radial blades 'carried by the shaft, and means for energizing the motor and the heating coil.

A heater comprising a substantially cylindrical horizontal easing having an air inlet opening, a base supporting said casing, heater supporting elements spaced about the perimeter of the casing, and an air impeller within the casing for drawing air through the inlet and discharging it past the heating elements, in substantially radial stream lines. 1: V

In testimony whereof ave afiix our signatures'.-

' SAMUELM. CARMEAN.

JAMES H. CARMEAN. 

